calculus1 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 The rest of the WRAL weather bench are pretty standard fare in terms of xs and os. They show the end result/conclusions not the why behind the forecast logic. What a huge loss. Brad Panovich is too good to be at a third-place Charlotte news station - just sayin’.Whoa-there! Why is Charlotte a bad gig? He gets to cover a variety of conditions from mountains to sandhills. It's a bigger media market than anything else in NC too. And, I definitely prefer his NBC affiliate over the ABC affiliate. CBS is about equal to NBC in Charlotte, IMO. Brad P doesn't need to go anywhere.Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheronNC Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, calculus1 said: Whoa-there! Why is Charlotte a bad gig? He gets to cover a variety of conditions from mountains to sandhills. It's a bigger media market than anything else in NC too. And, I definitely prefer his NBC affiliate over the ABC affiliate. CBS is about equal to NBC in Charlotte, IMO. Brad P doesn't need to go anywhere. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk NBC Charlotte is way down in a distant third place for news viewership in that market. Brad sort of has a niche/cult following right now but isn't well known. In the latest Nielsen viewership numbers for 6pm newscasts, WSOC had 109k viewers, WBTV 104k, and WCNC 47k. It's a step up to go from that to the runaway #1 broadcast in the Triangle (WRAL 111k, WTVD 84k, WNCN 25k for the same sweeps period). Charlotte is the #23 media market DMA while Raleigh is #25. It's a lateral move in terms of media market tier but to a station with orders of magnitude more cachet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheronNC Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 59 minutes ago, Brick Tamland said: I would love to see Matthew East at WRAL. As far as Fishel resigning, it really is bizarre. He was gone for about a month this same time last year, and they said it was a medical leave. This sounds really bad, and whatever is going on interfered with his job. I wonder if it is alcohol or drug related. Whatever it is, I hope he gets the help he needs and gets better. This is just a tremendous loss for WRAL and weather geeks in the Triangle area. I grew up watching Fishel, and he was a big reason why I became so interested in the weather. Fishel is a big reason why I became so interested in weather and I grew up in Florida! I remember ordering VHS tapes by mail from WRAL documenting the NC hurricanes of 1996, and Greg's scientific approach to weather got me interested in delving deep into the science. It was a stroke of luck that work and family brought me here to watch him live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 NBC Charlotte is way down in a distant third place for news viewership in that market. Brad sort of has a niche/cult following right now but isn't well known. In the latest Nielsen viewership numbers for 6pm newscasts, WSOC had 109k viewers, WBTV 104k, and WCNC 47k. It's a step up to go from that to the runaway #1 broadcast in the Triangle (WRAL 111k, WTVD 84k, WNCN 25k for the same sweeps period). Charlotte is the #23 media market DMA while Raleigh is #25. It's a lateral move in terms of media market tier but to a station with orders of magnitude more cachet.Well, your numbers don't lie. It would be a big jump in viewership. My personal preference for local news in Charlotte is what I gave. I still stand by my statement of interesting weather. There's a lot more snow and ice to forecast out of Charlotte north and west than there is out of Raleigh (as many posters on this site will bemoan).It would be a big loss for our area if he left, but if WRAL would double his salary it might be difficult to refuse. I would have to imagine Panovich has had multiple offers from other stations over the past several years due to his savvy social media interaction, and yet he still resides in Charlotte. So, I hope that will still be the case for the foreseeable future.Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheronNC Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, calculus1 said: Well, your numbers don't lie. It would be a big jump in viewership. My personal preference for local news in Charlotte is what I gave. I still stand by my statement of interesting weather. There's a lot more snow and ice to forecast out of Charlotte north and west than there is out of Raleigh (as many posters on this site will bemoan). It would be a big loss for our area if he left, but if WRAL would double his salary it might be difficult to refuse. I would have to imagine Panovich has had multiple offers from other stations over the past several years due to his savvy social media interaction, and yet he still resides in Charlotte. So, I hope that will still be the case for the foreseeable future. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk It'll be interesting to see if anyone from WRAL's current bench wants to step up into the role of chief. Mike Maze is dependable but does the weather in a straightforward way like you can find anywhere. The natural successor would've been Mike Moss if anyone, but unfortunately he retired just recently. He's the sort of guy who could forecast the weather with a DIFAX chart and ink pen if he had to. Wonder if they can bring him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Just heard to Fishel news. What a big loss for the RDU media market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 This forum should be renamed American Winter Weather- it is amazing how posts dry up almost completely once the threat of snow/ice is over. I love snow as much as the next person but am interested in all types of weather.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 If you add up all the percentages of rain for the next week, we have like a 740% chance of rain!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxKnurd Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Officially a resident of Haywood County. Always said I’d have a log home in the mountains one day and am proud to say I’m a log homeowner at 3350’ now, hard work still gets you what you want! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold air aloft Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, WxKnurd said: Officially a resident of Haywood County. Always said I’d have a log home in the mountains one day and am proud to say I’m a log homeowner at 3350’ now, hard work still gets you what you want! Congratulations, Haywood County is a great place to live. The Smokies and Balsams help to create some fascinating weather situations around here as well. Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhowl Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 3 hours ago, WxKnurd said: Officially a resident of Haywood County. Always said I’d have a log home in the mountains one day and am proud to say I’m a log homeowner at 3350’ now, hard work still gets you what you want! Congrats! Nice to have another member of the Pack in WNC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Congrats Knurd. Hows the weather up here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhowl Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 10 hours ago, Cheeznado said: This forum should be renamed American Winter Weather- it is amazing how posts dry up almost completely once the threat of snow/ice is over. I love snow as much as the next person but am interested in all types of weather.... Well, warm weather does bring crickets 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Well, the Daytona 500 is finally over. Now the NASCAR season can begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Solak said: Well, the Daytona 500 is finally over. Now the NASCAR season can begin! I never got the appeal of artificially limited cars going around the same oval 250 times to find out who can be the first one to arrive at where they were when they started. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, jburns said: I never got the appeal of artificially limited cars going around the same oval 250 times to find out who can be the first one to arrive at where they were when they started. You and me both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 People getting NAM'd again... As much as I'd love a surprise storm, this winter has no mercy on us storm lovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNC Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 40th anniversary of PD1 today! Tremendous CAD with that storm. Temps between 10 and 15, strong NE flow. Caught a lot of people of guard. https://ocean.weather.gov/2-PresidentsDayStormColloquium_Uccellini.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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YetAnotherRDUGuy Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 LOL@ having at least 50% chance of rain at RDU from 5am Wed morning until about 5pm Sat evening. 84 hours. Remember when we had to worry about droughts around here? I think the last one was back in the 90's, but I'm sure someone in here will post some data in the past 5 years to prove me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnotherRDUGuy Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 1/2/2018 at 2:19 PM, YetAnotherRDUGuy said: If Fishel ever retires, I'm not sure what some of us would discuss instead. I didn't mean it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Congrats Las Vegas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 You know it's a bad winter for the SE when places like Vegas out west (avec palm trees) get snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeburgwx Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Freaking LOS ANGELES got snow?!?! Screw you Nino! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobNC Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 TFW Los Angeles has more snow in astronomical winter than central NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLander48 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Just witnessed Tennesee beat Kentucky by 19 in front of 21,000 people. Absolute amazing game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 15 hours without a post in the SE Forum is pretty telling... unless everyone is on double secret probation or something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillT Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 why do some people hope severe weather happens? 10+ people died this afternoon in bama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, BillT said: why do some people hope severe weather happens? 10+ people died this afternoon in bama Excitement I believe. Personally I hate severe weather much like I hate hurricanes but I do like tracking them. Whether it be strong straight line winds or hail. I love very heavy downpours and the dark clouds from them but that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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